The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

Registered charity 208520 Registered since 1962

Operates: Devon, Dorset, Hampshire, Bournemouth, Cornwall, East Sussex, Surrey, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Bristol City

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

11 trustees on the board

4.3y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 11Education/training 11Other Charitable Purposes 9General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Arts and leisure 13Education 9Property 6

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 13.1 in 2021

90 from 86 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

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Contact

Websitewww.bsolive.com
Emailkroberts@bsorchestra.co.uk
Phone01202644716
AddressBOURNEMOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA, 2 SELDOWN LANE, POOLE, BH15 1UF

Finances

£8,617,484 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,806,529£4,274,188
2022£6,260,217£5,840,719
2023£7,555,685£7,602,834
2024£8,449,917£7,742,131
2025£8,617,484£8,529,739

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/scienceOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE, MAINTAIN, IMPROVE AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, PARTICULARLY MUSICAL EDUCATION, AND TO ENCOURAGE THE ARTS, INCLUDING THE ARTS OF MUSIC, DRAMA, MIME, DANCING AND SINGING, AND TO FORMULATE, PREPARE AND ESTABLISH SCHEMES THEREFOR.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/09/1954AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/10/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/11/1987AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/04/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/01/2000AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/01/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25/01/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/01/2016

Trustees (11)

11trustees
64median age
4aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra · 00538351 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 22/09/1954

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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